Carnegie Hall Presents

Vienna: City of Dreams


Series Events

Tuesday, February 25, 2014 | 8 PM
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
    Franz Welser-Möst, Conductor
  • Ricarda Merbeth, Soprano
  • Zoryana Kushpler, Mezzo-Soprano
  • Peter Seiffert, Tenor
  • Matti Salminen, Bass
  • New York Choral Artists
    Joseph Flummerfelt, Chorus Director

Program

  • SCHOENBERG Friede auf Erden
  • BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 | 8 PM
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
    Franz Welser-Möst, Conductor

Program

  • MOZART Symphony No. 28
  • JOHANNES MARIA STAUD On Comparative Meteorology
  • BRUCKNER Symphony No. 6
Bruckner's Symphony No. 6 (Scherzo)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra | Horst Stein, Conductor
Denon
Thursday, February 27, 2014 | 7:30 PM
Kristian Bezuidenhout
Zankel Hall

Performers

  • Kristian Bezuidenhout, Fortepiano

Program

  • Program to include works by Mozart and CPE Bach
Mozart's Fantasia in C Minor, K. 475
Kristian Bezuidenhout, Fortepiano
Harmonia Mundi
Friday, February 28, 2014 | 7:30 PM
Ensemble ACJW
Featuring musicians of The Academy—a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and the Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education
Weill Recital Hall

Performers

  • Ensemble ACJW

Program

  • MOZART Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat Major, K. 452
  • GEORG FRIEDRICH HAAS New Work (NY Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
  • SCHOENBERG Verklärte Nacht
Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht (Sehr breit und langsam)
Juilliard String Quartet | Yo-Yo Ma, Cello
Sony
Friday, February 28, 2014 | 8 PM
Vienna State Opera
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • Vienna State Opera
    Daniele Gatti, Conductor
  • Matthias Goerne (Wozzeck)
  • Evelyn Herlitzius (Marie)
  • Zoryana Kushpler (Margret)
  • Herbert Lippert (Drum Major)
  • Norbert Ernst (Andres)
  • Wolfgang Bankl (Doctor)
  • Additional artists to be announced

Program

  • BERG Wozzeck (concert performance)
Berg's Wozzeck (Act III: "Marie's Room")
Vienna State Opera Orchestra | Claudio Abbado, Conductor | Hildegard Behrens, Soprano
Deutsche Grammophon
Saturday, March 1, 2014 | 1 PM
Discovery Day: Franz Schubert's Last Years
Weill Recital Hall

Performers

  • Graham Johnson, Keynote Speaker, Music Director, and Pianist
  • Vocalist to be announced

Program

Explore the final years of the life of renowned Romantic-era composer Franz Schubert. This incredibly fertile period for the prolific composer saw the creation of some of his most beloved masterworks, including the song cycles Winterreise and Die schöne Müllerin, as well as numerous string quartets, sonatas, and symphonies. The afternoon features a keynote lecture by pianist, as well as performances.
Schubert's Der Winterabend
Graham Johnson, Piano | Christopher Maltman, Tenor
Wigmore Hall Live
Saturday, March 1, 2014 | 8 PM
Vienna State Opera
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • Vienna State Opera
    Andris Nelsons, Conductor
  • Gun-Brit Barkmin (Salome)
  • Falk Struckmann (Jochanaan)
  • Gerhard Siegel (Herodes)
  • Elisabeth Kulman (Herodias)
  • Additional artists to be announced

Program

  • R. STRAUSS Salome (concert performance)
R. Strauss's Salome ("Dance of the Seven Veils")
Vienna State Opera | Karl Böhm, Conductor
Opera d'Oro
Sunday, March 2, 2014 | 7:30 PM
Leonidas Kavakos
Enrico Pace
Zankel Hall

Performers

  • Leonidas Kavakos, Violin
  • Enrico Pace, Piano

Program

    ALL-BEETHOVEN PROGRAM
  • Violin Sonata No. 6 in A Major, Op. 30, No. 1
  • Violin Sonata No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 12, No. 3
  • Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 12, No. 2
  • Violin Sonata No. 7 in C Minor, Op. 30, No. 2
Monday, March 3, 2014 | 7:30 PM
Leonidas Kavakos
Enrico Pace
Zankel Hall

Performers

  • Leonidas Kavakos, Violin
  • Enrico Pace, Piano

Program

    ALL-BEETHOVEN PROGRAM
  • Violin Sonata No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 23
  • Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24, "Spring"
  • Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 96
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 | 8 PM
Matthias Goerne
Christoph Eschenbach
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • Matthias Goerne, Baritone
  • Christoph Eschenbach, Piano

Program

  • SCHUBERT Die schöne Müllerin
Schubert's Die schöne Müllerin ("Die böse Farbe")
Matthias Goerne, Baritone | Christoph Eschenbach, Piano
Harmonia Mundi
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 | 7:30 PM
Leonidas Kavakos
Enrico Pace
Zankel Hall

Performers

  • Leonidas Kavakos, Violin
  • Enrico Pace, Piano

Program

    ALL-BEETHOVEN PROGRAM
  • Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Major, Op. 12, No.1
  • Violin Sonata No. 8 in G Major, Op. 30, No. 3
  • Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47, "Kreutzer"
Friday, March 7, 2014 | 10 PM
Fennesz
Mahler Remixed
Zankel Hall

Performers

  • Fennesz, Guitar and Electronics
    Lillevan, Video

Program

Fennesz salutes the universality of fellow Austrian Gustav Mahler in this remixed interpolation of the composer’s oeuvre, visualized by the German digital abstractionist Lillevan, to show Mahler’s enduring influence in modern life, both in the creative incubator of Vienna and around the world.

This concert is part of Late Nights at Zankel Hall.
Saturday, March 8, 2014 | 9:30 PM
Zawinul Legacy Band
Zankel Hall

Performers

  • Zawinul Legacy Band

Program

Viennese jazz artist Josef Erich “Joe” Zawinul combined traditional jazz with elements of rock and world music. Comprising alums from several of his musical projects, the Zawinul Legacy Band unites to honor this pioneering jazz keyboardist and composer.

This concert is part of Late Nights at Zankel Hall.
Thursday, March 13, 2014 | 8 PM
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
    Andris Nelsons, Conductor

Program

  • HAYDN Symphony No. 90 in C Major
  • BRAHMS Symphony No. 3
  • BRAHMS Variations on a Theme by Haydn in B-flat Major, Op. 56b
Brahms's Symphony No. 3 (Andante)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra | Leonard Bernstein, Conductor
Deutsche Grammophon
Friday, March 14, 2014 | 7:30 PM
Hugo Wolf Quartet
Weill Recital Hall

Performers

  • Hugo Wolf Quartet
    ·· Sebastian Gürtler, Violin
    ·· Régis Bringolf, Violin
    ·· Gertrud Weinmeister, Viola
    ·· Florian Berner, Cello

Program

  • HAYDN String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 33, No. 2, "Joke"
  • BERG Lyric Suite
  • SCHUBERT String Quartet in G Major, D. 887
Schubert's String Quartet in G Major, D. 887 (Allegro assai)
Hugo Wolf Quartet
VMS
Saturday, March 15, 2014 | 8 PM
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
    Daniele Gatti, Conductor
  • Juliane Banse, Soprano

Program

  • SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8, "Unfinished"
  • MAHLER Symphony No. 4
Mahler's Symphony No. 4 (Sehr behaglich)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra | Claudio Abbado, Conductor | Anne Sofie von Otter, Mezzo-Soprano
Deutsche Grammophon
Sunday, March 16, 2014 | 7 PM
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
    Zubin Mehta, Conductor
  • Diana Damrau, Soprano
  • Gil Shaham, Violin
  • New York Choral Artists
    Joseph Flummerfelt, Chorus Director

Program

  • NICOLAI Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor
  • WEBERN Six Pieces, Op. 6
  • NICOLAI "Moon Chorus" from The Merry Wives of Windsor
  • WOLF "Der Feuerreiter"
  • MOZART "Ave Verum Corpus"
  • SCHMIDT "Zwischenspiel" from Notre Dame
  • BERGER Legend of Prince Eugen
  • KORNGOLD Violin Concerto
  • JOSEF STRAUSS Delirien
  • EDUARD STRAUSS Bahn frei Polka
  • JOHANN STRAUSS JR. "Frühlingsstimmen"
  • LANNER Steyrische Tänze
  • LEHÁR "Meine Lippen sie küssen so heiss" from Giuditta
  • JOHANN STRAUSS JR. "Klänge der Heimat" from Die Fledermaus
  • HELLMESBERGER JR. Kleiner Anzeiger Galopp
Korngold's Violin Concerto (Moderato nobile)
London Symphony Orchestra | André Previn, Conductor | Gil Shaham, Violin
Deutsche Grammophon

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